CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL ART FAIR 2009
04/12/2009 - 07/12/2009Özgür Korkmazgil, Mustafa Özel, Selahattin Yildirim
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Short-circuit of meaning: No more to be displayed
Pornography is the open body, it is the impossibility of concealment, and it is a direct act which excludes “meaning”. It causes a short circuit between the metaphor and its beyond, because there is no more than can be displayed. This short-circuit paralyzes the “eye”. This paralysis will happen to confront the flesh and the body directly, without a cover. Delight and lust are what come after, but these sensations will quickly vanish, and the observer will look for “the meaning” and “the cover-metaphor” again.Because and “invisible” meaning that needs to be uncovered consitutes one of the biggest factors of human metaphysics. Özgür Korkmazgil, Mustafa Özel, and Selahattin Yildirim. They are setting up a tripod fort he confrontation of flesh and the body in young Turkish painting…